Friday, August 12, 2005

New Option for Student Shoppers: E-Books

How about this? We are getting rid of paper syllabi, why not ditch the paper all together and start in with e-books?

The textbook market is an incredibly awful racket, with updates coming at unnecessarily frequent intervals. The companies charge extremely high prices, but I am not sure much of the cost is actually in the paper.

This will give the students an even better chance to make excuses--"my book crashed last night before the test. . ."

Inside Higher Ed :: New Option for Student Shoppers: E-Books

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